# Pongaroa School

Full Primary · State · Pongaroa

https://www.chch.live/school/2962-pongaroa-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 485

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- 9 Makomako Street, Pongaroa, 4944
- Roll: 50 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1897
- Isolation index 1.57, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 32 · Pacific 3
- Phone: 06-3762703
- Email: office@pongaroa.school.nz
- Contact: Sam Baxter
- Website: http://www.pongaroa.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Makuri School](https://www.chch.live/school/2895-makuri-school), decile 6 · EQI 440
- [Weber School](https://www.chch.live/school/2732-weber-school), decile 8 · EQI 447
- [Kumeroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/601-kumeroa-school), decile 8 · EQI 461
- [St Anthony's School (Pahiatua)](https://www.chch.live/school/2998-st-anthony-s-school-pahiatua), decile 5 · EQI 441
- [Mangatainoka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2900-mangatainoka-school), decile 4 · EQI 509
- [Pahiatua School](https://www.chch.live/school/2945-pahiatua-school), decile 4 · EQI 478
- [Tararua College](https://www.chch.live/school/235-tararua-college), decile 3 · EQI 510
- [Alfredton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2801-alfredton-school), decile 10 · EQI 434

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.541005&lon=176.194459

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Pongaroa School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Pongaroa School have?**

50 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Pongaroa School's Equity Index?**

EQI 485, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Pongaroa School?**

9 Makomako Street, , Pongaroa. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2962 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026